Image forming apparatus with paper separator-fixing roller gap mechanism

摘要

A fixing apparatus includes a fixing roller, a separator, and spacers. The fixing roller is heated while rotating. The fixing roller is in pressure contact with a recording medium that is advancing so that the developer deposited on the recording medium is fused. The separator extends across a path of the recording medium so that a predetermined amount of gap is defined between the separator and the fixing roller. The separator guides the recording medium to separate from the fixing roller. The spacers are disposed at longitudinal end portions of the separator outside of the path between the fixing roller and the separator to define the predetermined amount of gap. The spacers are movable in a direction at an angle with a surface of the recording medium. The urging member urges the spacers against the fixing roller.